Burial-casket



WORTH KILPATRICK,

'Farrar @terre-n.

OF. CONNELLSVILLE, AND OSMOND M. JOHNSTON, OF

BROWNSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

. 4 BURIAL-GASKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.4

292,319, dated January 22, 1884.

Application led February 17, 1583. (No model.)

T a/ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WORTH KiLra'rmcK and OsivroND M.' JOHNSTON, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Connellsville and Brownsville, in the county of Fayettev and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burial-Gaskets; and we do hereby declare YIO made in sections with lapped connections, the

covers being secured to the bodies byscrews or clamps let in the material and lprojecting through holes in the cover. Another casket has ribs cast on the inner side, the sides, and ends, and still another has a metallic frame set in the mold, to which handles are attached for lifting the casket 5 but in any of these, whereinmeanshavebeen providedfor strengthening or for lifting the casket, they fail to fulfill their object. Y

The great objections to a general use of the terra-cotta burial-Gaskets have been theirliability to break under ordinary usage, the difficulty of providing secure and reliable lifting means, and the greater difficulty of transporting them withoutfgreat loss by breakage. If the caskets were molded light enough to handle, they warped and cracked so much in burning that the loss in burning made those saved whole or marketable cost so much they could not be brought into general use, and these could not be handled or shipped without much risk and damage.

To overcome these objections and others and to provide a .burial-casket of the class named which will meet demands of the trade are the objects of our improvements.

Our improvements therefore consist in the novel construction and combination of parts,

as-will be hereinafter more fullyset forth and specifically claimed. In the accompanying drawings, forming a .part of this specification, Figure l is a side view of our improved burial-casket. Fig. 2` is -a transverse sectional view, showing the method ol' uniting the parts. of one of the lid-sections; and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the lid, showing the lap of the sections.

To carry out our invention and obviate the objections to burial-Gaskets of this class heretofore manufactured, the body of the casket A is molded of any desired design and formed with a groove, a., in the upper edge extending entirely around the rim of the casket, and also formed on the outside with a plurality of vertical ribs, b, extending from the base to the rim. These outside ribs serve as strength ening means, and possess the advantages over ribs on the inside that they do not interfere with the ornamentations of the inside, and

serve as means' of ornamentations on the outside, and by their use we are enabled to make the material between them much lighter and make the casket stiff and strong. `They also keep the mold from warping during the process of burning. At proper points in the groove in the sides and ends of the casket are secured the thumb-screws c. These are fixed in their respective places by boring holes in Fig. 3 is a view the sides and ends and inserting the bolts, and

then putting cement about them,which secures them in place. v

The letter B represents the lid or `cover of the casket. This lid or cover is formed in two or more sections, d e f, joined by a lapped splice-joint, g, substantially as shown in the drawings, and each section of the lid is formed on the under side with the tongue or flange h, which nts somewhat loosely in the groove in the tops of the casket. The lid is `also -provided with holes registering with the bolts in 'the casket heretofore described. When the The letter G represents the wooden bottom of the casket, which is secured to the bottom IOO of the Gasket by any suitable means, pref`erably by screws i let down through the clay bottom and screwed into the -wood until drawn tight. This Wooden bottom is one of the desiderata of our improvements, since by its application We attain strength and elasticity not accomplished heretofore, and which gives a strong casket, and one which can be handled and shipped without breaking. Itis preferable to have the wooden bottom extend somewhat beyond the ends and sides of the casketbottoln in order that it may also act as a protection to the edges of the clay bottom.

The letter D represents the handles. These may be of any desired style and shape, and are secured to the wooden bottom by means of screws k, substantially as shown in the drawings. By fastening the handles to the Wooden bottom and letting` them extend upward, as shown, we avoid all liability of breaking; the casket by reason of any strain in lifting, and also give protection to the side of the casket.

It is obvious that slight changes in the com struction and fastening; means may be made and employed without departing from the spirit of our invention.

What We claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A burial-casket made of terra-cotta, 4having secured thereto a Wooden bottom provided with suitable liiting or carrying means, substantially as described.

2. A burial-casket made of terra-cotta and formed with a series of vertical ribs, and having,` attached thereto a wooden bottom provided with suitable handles or lifting means, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof We afx our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WORTH KILPATRICK. OSMOND M. JOHNSTON. Witnesses:

J. D. SriLLWAeoN, JOHN KURTZ. 

